Monday, January 21, 2013

A Church Group and Saying Good-bye

Some sad news as we said goodbye to senior Sanctuary Horse, Tommy with an Eye. He passed away from natural causes early in the morning in his pasture while we comforted him. Tommy came to Shiloh in 2010 and lived a good horse life.

With 88 horses in the rescue, half of our population is over the age of 25. Almost half of those seniors are at, or pushing, 30 years of age. We hate to see our old friends pass on but it is part of what we do, we offer older horses a place to live out their days in comfort and friendship. And when it is time, we have learned to say goodbye and let them go on to Greener Pastures...


Tommy with an Eye in 2012 in Okay Corral...


Later in the morning, we welcomed a large Church youth group for a tour and a Basic Horsemanship Class...


Everyone learned the basics of grooming. For the first time, little Wanderer Trucker was used in a class. He was excellent and stood very still enjoying the attention. Good guy, Trucker!


We used five horses; Graffiti, Trucker, Dulce, Hawkeye and Concho...


Graffiti always enjoys the grooming...


Trucker being worked on from both sides...


Wanderer Concho also loved the attention...


Sweet Dulce did too...


Hawkeye is often used in these types of classes and always has excellent manners...

- Posted by Jill Curtis from the Ranch

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